The clinical course of Coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) in lung transplant recipients remains unknown.We present the fatal clinical course of a 63-year old double lung transplant recipient with severe Covid-19 pneumonia.She had stable graft function before Covid-19 infection.Despite all the supportive care and treatment graft injury progressed, causing patient death.Therefore, the prognosis in lung transplant recipients with Covid-19 infection is not optimistic.
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